The Obama administration's college ratings proposal has riled the higher education community since it was announced in 2013, generating a backlash that has grabbed headlines for months. But most high school and college students are unaware the plan even exists, a new survey shows.
Fewer than 1 in 7 high school or college students — 11 percent and 13 percent, respectively — said they had heard of the administration's plan to rate colleges on measures of affordability, quality and access, the online textbook rental company Chegg found in a survey released Wednesday. Chegg surveyed 922 college students attending two-year and four-year schools and 446 high school students.
When the students were then asked to what extent the ratings system would be valuable in their college selection process, more than half of high school students said they would use it as a resource. But some of the factors students said they would like to see included in the ratings are missing from the administration's current framework.
Most students, for example, said a metric of student satisfaction would be "very important" to their decision. Students also said they'd like to know about each school's ability to provide academic support, career guidance and to offer internships — measures that might not be covered in the administration's plan.
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